DAY 176

19.06.2017 Lesbos, Greece. Civil March for Aleppo moved again to Greece after leaving Bulgaria. While waiting for the permission to march in Turkey the project was to visit Greek islands. On the 19. June CMFA marched from the Moria refugee camp to the touristic resort of Mitilini. Refugees and volunteers from many NGOs joined us during this day. It was great to see so much people marching and sharing solidarity for peace. Before the march CMFA visited Mosaik Support Center in Mitlini, a cross-culture space, whre we had an option to meet founders of the Safe Passage Bags project and do some shopping there. GPS Tracking: https://www.endomondo.com/users/13828223/workouts/948955048

Cornelia joined the Civil March For Aleppo on Lesbos. 19. was the first day of marching. 9km was not a long walk but important one. Inside our fancy vw bus "Habibti", on the way to Moria refugee camp on Lesbos. On the left, Jakub Bieniasz, 19-years old from Poland, who joined cmfa in Bulgaria.

Safe Passage Bags is a project where people design and manufacture various bags made from recycled refugee safe vests. Thats the best present I did brought from the march for my family. The bags can be ordered via https://www.facebook.com/SafePassageBags

Wessam (Syria) and Wika (Poland). Poland, along with Hungary, has refused to take in any refugees under a 2015 deal that was supposed to allocate 160,000 people among EU member countries in order to take the load off Greece and Italy.

Anna (Poland) while giving a speech in front of the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos. Many refugees asked why do we march for Syria, and not for example for Congo or other countries, where people face horrific situation. There are no easy answers...but Aleppo is a symbol of all the people, who suffer.